Origin

This name originates from Bulgaria.
It is part of the
Bulgaria Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

The 5.7 km wide ice-filled inlet indenting for 6.7 km the tip of Joerg Peninsula, Bowman Coast on the Antarctic Peninsula SE of Three Slice Nunatak. British mapping in 1963 and 1976. Named after the Flemish cartographer Jodocus Hondius (Joost de Hondt, 1563-1612) whose 1595 map depicted the southern continent Terra Australis separated from both Tierra del Fuego and New Guinea.

Named For

Location

Latitude:

68° 04' 50.0" S

- 68.08056°

Accurate to 0m

Longitude:

64° 55' 00.0" W

- 64.91667°

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Altitude:

Not recorded

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Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:

Unknown
The coordinates for this place name were derived from Map id 0 -
This map does not exist in the SCAR Map Catalogue.
in the SCAR Map Catalogue.

Source Name:

Unknown

Source Identifier:

Source Scale:

Unknown

Source Institution:

Unknown

Source Person:

Unknown

Source Publisher:

Unknown

Remote sensing:

Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:

Unknown

Date approved:

16-Jul-2013

Related information

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